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The Gift of the Present Moment
In this meditation, I reflect on the wisdom of Padre Pio, a Capuchin friar whose teaching brings us again and again into the present moment.
We begin by entering as fully as we can into now, recognising the breath as pneuma, the living breath that sustains us. As attention rests with breathing, we discover a place of peace and equanimity that does not depend on circumstances.
Padre Pio reminds us that the present moment is the only place where we have agency and choice. The past cannot be changed, only received with wisdom. The future has not yet arrived, and so we learn to entrust it gently…
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